Psalms 135
1 Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
Alleluia. Praise you the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, [you his] servants,
2 You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
Praise you the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for [it is] good.
4 He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.
5 I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
For I know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods;
6 Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.
all that the Lord willed, he did in heaven, and on the earth, in the sea, and in all deeps.
7 He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.
Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: he has made lightnings for the rain: he brings winds out of his treasures.
8 He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
9 There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, on Pharao, and on all his servants.
10 He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
Who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings;
11 Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan:
12 Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
and gave their land [for] an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people.
13 Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
O Lord, your name [endures] for ever, and your memorial to all generations.
14 Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
For the Lord shall judge his people, and comfort himself concerning his servants.
15 But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.
16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
They have a mouth, but they can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see;
17 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
they have ears, but they can’t hear; for there is no breath in their mouth.
18 The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!
Let those who make them be made like to them; and all those who trust in them.
19 [My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
O house of Israel, bless you the Lord: O house of Aaron, bless you the Lord:
20 You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
O house of Levi, bless you the Lord: you that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.
21 Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
Blessed in Sion be the Lord, who dwells in Jerusalem.
